Emergency services attend fire at children's playground

Crews from Blackpool were called to fire at a children's playground on Victory Road in Blackpool in the early hours of this morning (04 January 2017).
Fire services are investigating the fire.Fire services are investigating the fire.
Fire services are investigating the fire.

They arrived at around 12.30am to find a tent on fire on a covered sports pitch.

The fire was extinguished using a hose-reel.

The fire is thought to have been started deliberately, say fire services and investigations are ongoing.

Crew Manager Mark Preddy said: "Fires should not be played with or started for fun. This was a potentially serious incident and people could have been hurt."

No one was injured in the incident.